December 12, 2009

The White Sox informed the agent for D.J. Carrasco that they will not tender him a contract by Saturday’s 11 p.m., thus making him a free agent.

… The two sides were several hundred thousand dollars apart after a meeting Wednesday in Indianapolis, and talks Saturday didn’t advance any further. Carrasco earned $440,000 last season, and this was his first winter as an arbitration eligible player.

December 9, 2009

There will be some busy baseball general managers in the next 24 hours. With Saturday night’s deadline approaching for tendering contracts to their remaining players, teams may try to make deals to move those players so they at least get some compensation if they know they can’t sign the player before the deadline. Among the players who could be non-tendered are San Diego pitcher Kevin Correia and Oakland slugger Jack Cust, who could attract interest from the White Sox. …